The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies
Roland Barthes
155 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0520209826
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Language: English
Publish: 857462400000
20th CenturyEssaysFranceHistoryLiterary CriticismMythologyNonfictionPhilosophyTheoryUrbanism
In this appealing and luminous collection of short essays, Roland Barthes examines the mundane and exposes hidden texts, causing the reader to look afresh at the famous landmark and symbol of Paris, and also at the Tour de France, the visit to Paris of Billy Graham, the flooding of the Seine—and other shared events and aspects of everyday experience.